50 . I I jt FUN AND FINE LIVING fo.. Runaway Slaves Now that Lincoln's Birthday is at hand, the first real holi- day of the year, why not slip the shackles of work and winter and run away to sun- shine and freedom at Chal- fonte-Haddon Hall? .... I 0' P J + If your idea of freedom con- sists largely of excitement, our squash courts, game rooms, dances, concerts and special entertainments will soon put an end to ennui. Bring along your skates, golf clubs,. and riding clothes too. Here you can use them all. Or maybe you think of free- dom in terms of perfect rest. If so, here's your haven. Loll in the sun on Our broad Ocean Decks,. and the rest will take care of itself . . . Efface fatigue in our modern health baths . . . Regale your appe- tite with marvelous food (you'll forget it was ever jaded) . . . Sleep like a child and enjoy complete repose. .....- ,\ : nn :1;' 1P' - - $- Make your plans now for three glorious days of liberty. Aside from the fun and ad- venture of it, you'll go back the master instead of the slave. A shrewd swap, par- ticularly at our moderate rates. Write for reservations. Ameri- ca'll and European plans. Chalfonte- Badd n Ball ATLANTIC CITY Leed. and Lippincott Company OUT OF TOWN Way Down South S HROVE TUESDAY falls on Febru- ary 13th this year, and all you poten tial revellers who plan to go to New Orleans for the Mardi Gras fête had better arrange to arrive there not later than February 8th. Things down yonder have been working up to a climax since Twelfth Night, and it's a climax that lasts for five days and nights, with the revelries in- cluding three balls given by those dashing societies, Mo- mus, Proteus, and Comus. You have to get an invitation to these parties-through a friend or through personal- ity, or whatever it is that usual- ly gets you invited places-but the Mardi Gras Ball on the thirteenth is practically open to the public, and if you go to that one you are fairly cer- tain of getting to Comus anyway; since they occur on the same night and, along toward the thin dawn, the whole Mardi Gras Court goes over to Comus to wind up the evening. Just wander- ing in the streets of New Orleans any night during Mardi Gras is plenty of fun, with the hurdy-gurdies-more melodious than ours-playing like mad and the people parading and dancing about in masks and drinking wine un- der the stars. Proteus' ball, the night before Mardi Gras, is preceded by a parade with torchlights and music and lovely people on floats throwing trinkets and baubles to the shouting throng be- low: one year, a young man in the spirit of the thing even threw away a diamond bracelet he had bought for his fiancée the day before. This parade is followed at a not too respectful dis- tance by a truck carrying the Bounders -a society formed by the younger and rowdier generation-and if you can get invited to ride on the Bounders' truck, you couldn't do anything that would be smarter or more fun. For the COITIUS procession, take your stand (if you're not in the parade) in front of the Boston Club on Canal Street. The King and Queen of Mardi Gras review the procession from the balcony and toss off a goblet or two of cham- pagne amid cheers. Stay in New Orleans at the Roose- velt Hotel, the St. Charles, or the Mon teleone ; the clientele in al] of them is a bit on the horsy side, but if you are there for Mardi Gras, you won't mind that. In Frenchtown (known to tourists as the French Quarter or the Vieux Carré), An- toine's is still the best place to dine, with the Café Louisiane and Gala- toire's close seconds. Order crawfish gumbo or pompano à la maison at any of these places. The Patio Royal is interesting because of its old slave quar- ters. The Absinthe House on Bourbon Street was chopped up a while ago by a squad of prohibition agents nosing out absinthe, bu t a bsin the frappé is still the native drink. Other liquors special to New Or- leans are the gin fizz made with cream and white of egg, and the Sazerac cocktail. In the old days, during Mardi Gras, the L. & N. Railroad used to run a Sazerac Special, a train met at New Orleans by pla- toons of smiling boys pushing small wagons loaded with Sazerac cocktails about the platform; you got one as you stepped off the train, just to start Mardi Gras off with a bang, and, goodness knows, this was a custom enchanting enough to revive, if somebody over at the L. & N. would only think of it. The old French Market on the levee, where you get crullers and thick New Orleans coffee, is the place to go after parties. For native lTIusic, go to hear Piron at the Country Club and ask Steve, the piano-player, to sing his own songs. Real New Orleans music is hot and fast; those slow, sinu- ous rhythms of the bayous are lTIOStly written on Forty-seventh Street. If you want to shoot duck in the bayous, get a Cajun guide to take YOU; the Cajuns, descended from the Aca- dians, have blue eyes and black, curly hair, wear knives in their belts and no shoes, speak a French patois, and know practically everything. For racing en- thusiasts, the Rex Handicap will be run February 10th, the Mardi Gras Handicap February 13th, the New Orleans Handicap March 3rd, and the Louisiana Derby March 17th. The Crescent Limited (Southern Railway) leaves Pennsylvania Station daily at 9: 5 0 P.M., and arrives in New Orleans at 8 :30 the second morn- ing. Round trip (return via Florida if desired), including lower berth both ways, and good eighteen days, $83.25. T HE Carolinas are dry, but you will still find, no doubt, something to drink when you get there-you re- member prohibition ? You can rent a